The World Series has returned to Philadelphia for the first time since 2009. The City of Brotherly Love, no surprise, has embraced it with a passion that borders on bonkers.
“Phillies fans have been Phillies fans for as long as their family lineage goes back. Baseball is in their blood,” said former reliever Brad Lidge, who won a World Series ring with the Phillies in 2008 but then lost to the Yankees in the 2009 series.
The Phillies hosted the Astros in Game 3 Tuesday night at Citizens Bank with the series tied 1-1.
Lidge, a graduate of Cherry Creek High School who spent 11 seasons in the majors, was an All-Star for both the Astros (2005) and the Phillies (2008).